What They Reveal and Why There’s Hope Let’s start with this. You’re not imagining it. And you’re certainly not the only one. If you’ve been living with a quiet fear that creeps in before travel, meetings, meals out, or any moment where access to a toilet might not be guaranteed, you’re not alone. The behaviours, …
Toilet anxiety is one of those things people hardly ever talk about. It’s awkward, it’s personal, and it can feel deeply embarrassing, especially when needing the toilet is a constant fear and that fear becomes so intense it starts to take over your life. Maybe it’s the constant checking for toilets. Or the creeping dread …
Toilet Anxiety Is Not An ‘Anxiety Poop’ – Let’s Get That Straight I’ve been working with clients that needed toilet anxiety help for over 25 years, and if there’s one thing that makes my blood boil, it’s reading content from so-called experts who clearly have never worked a day in their lives with this condition. …
How They Shape Our Lives and How to Overcome Them Fear is a universal experience. Regardless of where you live, your age, background, or beliefs, fear plays a fundamental role in human survival. It is a natural and necessary emotion, hardwired into our brains to protect us from danger. Without fear, our ability to navigate …
A Silent Struggle Where Millions Say “Toilet anxiety ruins my life” Introduction Toilet Anxiety is a real and often debilitating condition, with many sufferers feeling like they have no escape, frequently saying, “toilet anxiety ruins my life.”, yet it remains widely misunderstood and underreported. Many sufferers feel isolated, believing they are the only ones experiencing …
Understanding Why Modern Life Makes Us So Afraid Anxiety doesn’t always announce itself with panic attacks or sleepless nights. Often, it’s the quiet, nagging feeling that something isn’t right, the subtle undercurrent of unease that we carry as we navigate life. Fear in the Modern World: A Constant Companion For those experiencing chronic anxiety, even …
In this article, we aim to give you a deeper understanding of toilet anxiety, helping you determine if you or someone you know may be experiencing this condition and how to fight toilet anxiety so you can live without this debilitating fear.
Toilet anxiety refers to the fear of needing the toilet, but more specifically…
In this article, we’ll explore the causes, symptoms, and triggers of the fear of needing the toilet, and discuss practical strategies to overcome it.
Understanding this common but often hidden issue is the first step towards letting go of the fear and thus letting your mind forget all about needing a toilet. Read on and discover how to remove this fear together.
When Your Bladder Becomes a Drama Queen It’s not just about needing the toilet; it’s about the fear that you won’t find one in time. Whether it’s rooted in a past traumatic bathroom experience or thanks to your body’s unpredictable whims (we see you, IBS), toilet anxiety can transform your calm day into a high-speed …
Feeling like a toilet is always just out of reach? Here’s How Hypnotherapy Can Help with Toilet Anxiety What exactly is toilet anxiety? Let’s get one thing clear: toilet anxiety is NOT just worrying about where the nearest loo is (though that’s definitely part of it). This anxiety takes your brain hostage, turning everyday activities, …
To show how this works I arranged for an actress with severe stage fright to go on stage in a bear costume so nobody in the audience would know who it was. As soon as this happened her stage fright evaporated. This fear of judgement is typical of virtually all forms of social phobia. The …
All too often, toilet anxiety is thought of as something to be embarrassed about. But it’s time to understand the potential impact of this condition so that we can properly address it together. Because when left untreated, toilet anxiety can cause significant distress and lead to agoraphobic behaviours, depression, isolation, and other detrimental effects on …
Some people find planning for success to be problematical. In particular the comment I hear over and over again is “When I’m creating a new positive plan for my future or a situation the old negative thoughts creep in”. This is where I would use “Lions and Teddy Bears”.
We use our internal self-talk to reason, question and to keep us safe. If we have a problem to reason out we will use our self-talk to work out the pro’s and con’s so both positive and negative points of view are appropriate. To do this I use my 6 year old rule.
The Guessing Machine! What part does it play in maintaining and generating anxiety? What can we do to mitigate its power to enable us to feel more relaxed.
Anxiety responds really well to hypnotherapy, However, there are some things that we train our clients to do that assist in the process, and even without hypnotherapy they can really help someone with anxiety. In these articles I explain these techniques.
No 6 is something most of us do, but shouldn’t… As full-time hypnotherapists, we spend a lot of time helping people who suffer from anxiety and the progress we make is sometimes unwittingly undermined by the people closest to them. So we thought it would be useful to share some ways that friends and family …
What are distraction techniques for anxiety? For many people, anxiety is a challenge they have to overcome on a regular basis. When people experience anxiety, it’s common for them to try to distract themselves from their feelings. Distraction techniques are often used in the process of dealing with anxiety, as they provide relief by helping …
Are these gadgets the answer or the devil? When experiencing anxiety, your body produces stress hormones, i.e., cortisol, the primary hormone, and a chemical known as norepinephrine. These hormones create a fight-or-flight response in your body. These hormones send impulses for certain body acts such as biting your nails, pulling your hair, upward and downward …
Millions of people are affected by anxiety every year. Many live and cope with their anxiety on their own, suffering quietly. Anxiety is something we all experience at some time in our lives, but for most, it is just a short term experience. Anxiety affects us both physically and psychologically and in its normal form …
Phobias are an irrational and overwhelming fear of a predicament or object. Phobias are much more distinct than just being slightly concerned about something; it is a severe fear and avoidance of a particular scenario or object that characterises a phobic anxiety. In really serious cases, phobic anxiety can cause isolation, anxiety and panic attacks …
The effects of anxiety in children The world is a complex and sometimes confusing place, so children can, quite naturally, actually feel a little anxious every now and then. These periods of anxiety in children are generally self-contained and pass quickly, causing no lasting problems. However, there are some children who find they are routinely …
One of the most common types of anxiety disorders is social anxiety. The best way to beat social anxiety is to remove any vile, negative thought you may hold about yourself and your capabilities and capacities. It can create problems in circumstances that many of us take for granted, like being at the checkout in …
After launching our hypnotherapy clinic in Wallington, Surrey we were amazed at the number of clients we saw with anxiety and panic attacks, far more than we expected. A lot of our initial clientèle seemed to be anxiety based difficulties, like travelling phobias and challenges going out alone. To start with we wondered if there …
Isn’t it amazing how we can easily respond to a film or even a piece of music in an emotional way? Not really, because what happens is that we relate it in some way to ourselves. Take the video below, for example. Most people will shed a tear or two, if not blub uncontrollably. It’s about a new bride having the “fathers dance” when her father has just passed away.
Whilst hypnotherapy can offer a profound enhancement in the quality of someone’s life, countless people still see it as potentially expensive and worry about the cost of hypnotherapy. While they will probably spend money on other much more expensive pastimes with the aim of making themselves feel emotionally better, such as retail therapy, nights out, …
Becoming red-faced at inappropriate times or extreme blushing, is a common problem for many individuals. For many individuals, extreme blushing would appear to happen without any legitimate reason. This lack of control tends to create anxiousness which generally makes the whole problem even more serious. The more concerned you are regarding blushing, the more you …
Nearly one fifth of UK adults experience anxiety or depression, according to the latest official figures from The Office for National Statistics. Office for National Statistics says highest rates of anxiety and depression occur in the 50-54 age groups and highest amongst women. At the Surrey Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy we have specialists that work …
In a recent study of 100 previous anxiety clients we found that overall 74% of clients noticed significant benefits from their course of hypnotherapy treatments. In our analysis of previous hypnotherapy clients, we looked at 100 clients that presented with either social anxiety or agoraphobic type anxiety. The clients were drawn at random over a …
Combat Anxiety with Hypnotherapy “Combat anxiety with Hypnotherapy which is scientifically proven to help” Anxiety is something which is extremely common. Feelings of anxiety are much more than general day to day worries or nerves. Anxiousness causes problems in people’s lives, through work, socialising and difficulties in relationships. The difficulties cause further anxiety, and therefore …
In a study of 100 previous anxiety clients we found that 81% had their parental love either withdrawn or it did not exist in the first place. In our analysis of previous hypnotherapy clients we looked at 100 clients that presented with either social anxiety or agoraphobic type anxiety. The clients were drawn at random …
Hypnotherapy for Anxiety – Agroaphobic eating “Imagine finding it impossible to eat in public, without fear of being sick” The following case study follows a man that found it difficult to eat in public. Something which is in fact very common, but too many of us is a strange experience. It looks at the treatment …
We often blame ourselves but are we really to blame? This sort of conditioning is generally way out of our control. As a child it can come from parents, bullies, teachers or even siblings. Worst of all, if it continues for a substantial period of time, we become used to it.
The hypnosis section of the Royal Society of Medicine says the NHS could save money and serve patients better by treating some serious conditions with hypnosis.
Phobias although fairly simple in terms of anxiety disorders can themselves be underpinned by many different facets and reasons. However what this study shows is that we are not born with them so it has to be conditioning. The great news for those who suffer with phobias is that if it’s conditioning then it can be changed.
As a society we start to pick up inappropriate habits right from childhood. Things like using food as a treat or reward. “If you’re a good girl you can have a sweet/biscuit/ice cream” or who remembers a parent saying something like “eat all your dinner and you can have a pudding” or “you must eat all your dinner as there are starving people in Africa”. This is just one area where we are hypnotised in our life into inappropriate beliefs.
If it hadn’t been for a hypnotherapy session when she was 17, Jade Williams, aka Sunday Girl, now 22, wouldn’t have conquered her fear of singing in public.
As a hypnotherapist and anxiety specialist for nearly 12 years now, I have come across the belief that “I’m not good enough” so many times that I’m fed up of writing it so in my client notes it’s just INGE syndrome.
I probably see this in 70 – 80% of my clients. The strange thing is most of my clients believe that it is just the way they were born. This is definitely not the case.
The government has announced this week its new mental health strategy for England and promises an extra £400m for therapies, such as counselling, so as to increase access to them by 60% by 2015. This together with the shift of NHS spending to the GP’s might explain why we at The Surrey Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy have been approached by two local GP’s this week to discuss sending their patients to us for effective help with smoking cessation.
How is anxiety generated, maintained and enhanced. There are ways to combat it that perhaps you haven’t tried. Hypnotherapy is backed by a raft of scientific research and is very effective in the fight to remove anxiety.
The man that could not eat in public.
This case study explains in detail the treatment stages we use in helping someone to resolve their anxiety issues using Hypnotherapy.
What is Anxiety? How does it develop? Most of us have experienced anxiety at some time in our life but for some of us it becomes a debilitating force that if left untreated can continue to get worse.
It is a common phobia and at its most severe it could devastate your daily life. When considering the various common scenarios that are able to trigger claustrophobia, you begin to discover precisely how small a chance the sufferer has to evade the anxiety. In addition to the avoidance of aeroplanes or possibly lifts, some …